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From: mstr@vipunen.hut.fi (Markus Strand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: TURN COMPUTER OFF OR LEAVE ON?
Message-ID: <1991Jun8.081224.19511@nntp.hut.fi>
Date: 8 Jun 91 08:12:24 GMT
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In article <1991Jun7.154552.14096@infonode.ingr.com> hychejw@infonode.ingr.com (Jeff W. Hyche) writes:
>	Leaving the computer on will not harm it.  In fact it is better
>for it in the long run.  Turning it off and own will speed up thermal
>wear on the system and cause falure to componets due to heat.  

It is not that simple. The harddrive will not last long, if you run
it all the time. It depends on the drive for how long pauses you
should turn your computer off. Also external peaks in the power,
like ightnings are a threat to the computer.

>being turned off.  I have been running my Amiga for over two months now
>with out turning it off with know problems and the unix box I run here
>at work has not been turned off in over a year and a half with no
>problems.  

There is a difference with a Amiga and a unix box. You can simply turn
your Amiga off and power it up next time you need it. But the unix
machine you have to run down in order to sync disks and stop all
prosesses. A unix that has simply been shut down might need some
help when booting if the disks are messed up.

I have and will in the future not run my computers 24h if
there is nothing going on in the CPU.


Markus Strand
mstr@vipunen.hut.fi